Gymnopogon (skeletongrass)[2] is a genus of American and Southeast Asian plants in the grass family.[3][4][5]

Gymnopogon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Cynodonteae
Subtribe: Hubbardochloinae
Genus: Gymnopogon
P. Beauv. 1812[1]
Type species
Andropogon ambiguus
Synonyms[1]
  • Alloiatheros Raf.
  • Anthopogon Nutt.
  • Biatherium Desv.
  • Doellochloa Kuntze
  • Monochaete Döll
Species[1][6][7]
formerly included[1]

now regarded as better suited to other genera: Chloris Dichaetaria Enteropogon

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Gymnopogon". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  2. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Gymnopogon". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  3. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie 41-42
  4. ^ Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate IX (9), figure III (3 a-e) line drawings of floral parts of Gymnopogon ambiguus
  5. ^ Tropicos, Gymnopogon P. Beauv.
  6. ^ Biota of North america Program 2013 county distribution maps
  7. ^ The Plant List search for Gymnopogon
  8. ^ Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590

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